Etymograph

English

shadowboxer

From shadow + boxer.

A compound of shadow + boxer

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃- ‘darkness’

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Proto-West Germanic *skadu

Old English sċeadu ‘shadow’

Old English sċeaduwe

Middle English schadowe

English shadow

Today it means

noun One who shadowboxes.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / shadowboxer